The Trump administration struggled Wednesday to stem the fallout from revelations that top national security officials discussed sensitive attack plans over a messaging app and mistakenly added a journalist to the chain.The White House said the information shared through the publicly available Signal app with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine, was not classified, an assertion that Democrats said strains credulity considering that it detailed plans for an upcoming attack on Yemen's Houthis.President Donald Trump during an Oval Office appearance to announce new tariffs on imported vehicles seemed frustrated as reporters repeatedly questioned him about the matter.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I think it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s all a witch hunt,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Trump said.The decision on determining whether the information is classified ultimately lies with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who in the chain listed weapons systems and a timeline for the attack 바카라 게임 웹사이트� 바카라 게임 웹사이트�THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he wrote. The Houthis have been wreaking havoc on vital Red Sea shipping lanes since November 2023 as the Israel-Hamas war raged.Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the position that the Trump administration is staking out can be described with one word: 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Baloney.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�When you describe time, place, type of armaments used: Do they think the American public is stupid?바카라 게임 웹사이트� Warner said in an exchange with reporters.There are no signs that the controversy will fade soon for Trump, who has said he stands by his national security team and has assailed the reporter's credibility. At the same time, he has made clear his preference for his team to discuss such operations in person and in more secure settings, though it is not yet clear if changes will be implemented as a result.Sen. Roger Wicker, the Republican chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he and Sen. Jack Reed, the committee바카라 게임 웹사이트�s top Democrat, will send a letter to the Trump administration requesting an expedited inspector general investigation into the use of Signal.They are also calling for a classified briefing with a top administration official 바카라 게임 웹사이트�who actually has the facts and can speak on behalf of the administration.바카라 게임 웹사이트�"The information, as published recently, appears to me to be of such a sensitive nature that, based on my knowledge, I would have wanted it classified,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Wicker said.Asked about the call for an inspector general probe, Trump replied, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It doesn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t bother me.바카라 게임 웹사이트�But White House officials continue to insist no classified material was discussed in the March 13 to March 15 Signal chain and have launched scathing attacks on Goldberg. The Atlantic on Wednesday published the full content of the text exchange.Hegseth, White House national security adviser Mike Waltz and other administration officials on Wednesday uniformly insisted that no 바카라 게임 웹사이트�war plans바카라 게임 웹사이트� had been texted on Signal, a claim that current and former U.S. officials have called 바카라 게임 웹사이트�semantics.바카라 게임 웹사이트�War plans carry a specific meaning. They often refer to the numbered and highly classified planning documents 바카라 게임 웹사이트� sometimes thousands of pages long 바카라 게임 웹사이트� that would inform U.S. decisions in case of a major conflict, such as if the United States is called to defend Taiwan.But the information Hegseth did post 바카라 게임 웹사이트� specific attack details selecting human and weapons storage targets 바카라 게임 웹사이트� was a subset of those plans and was likely informed by the same classified intelligence.Hegseth in an X posting said the message chain included, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�No names. No targets. No locations. No units. No routes. No sources. No methods. And no classified information.바카라 게임 웹사이트� He did not directly address Democrats' concerns about the timing and weaponry details in the chain.바카라 게임 웹사이트�This only proves one thing: Jeff Goldberg has never seen a war plan or an 바카라 게임 웹사이트�attack plan바카라 게임 웹사이트� (as he now calls it). Not even close,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Hegseth, who is traveling to the Indo-Pacific this week, added.Hegseth told reporters in Hawaii he had not texted 바카라 게임 웹사이트�war plans바카라 게임 웹사이트� or 바카라 게임 웹사이트�attack plans바카라 게임 웹사이트� in the Signal group, pointing out he had called his post a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�team update.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�My job, as it said atop of that (post), everybody's seen it now - 바카라 게임 웹사이트�TEAM UPDATE바카라 게임 웹사이트� - is to provide updates in real time, general updates in real time, keep people informed,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said before boarding a plane for Guam without taking follow-up questions. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�That's what I did. That's my job.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Waltz, who has acknowledged he built the Signal chain and has taken 바카라 게임 웹사이트�full responsibility바카라 게임 웹사이트� for the episode, amplified Hegseth's contention.바카라 게임 웹사이트�No locations. No sources & methods. NO WAR PLANS,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Waltz posted on X. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Foreign partners had already been notified that strikes were imminent. BOTTOM LINE: President Trump is protecting America and our interests.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Several Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday called for Hegseth to step down.바카라 게임 웹사이트�This is classified information. It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s a weapon system, as well as a sequence of strikes, as well as details of the operations,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat from Illinois who is on the committee. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�He needs to resign immediately.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Trump bristled at the suggestion that Hegseth should step down.바카라 게임 웹사이트�He바카라 게임 웹사이트�s doing a great job," Trump said. "He had nothing to do with it.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, in an exchange with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard during the panel's hearing on global threats on Wednesday noted that her office's criteria on classified information make clear that it includes 바카라 게임 웹사이트�information providing indication or advanced warning that the U.S. or its allies are preparing an attack.바카라 게임 웹사이트�But Gabbard said the decision on whether the Signal chain should be classified lay with Hegseth. Asked by Himes if she believed the Pentagon's classification guidance was materially different from her office's, she demurred.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I haven바카라 게임 웹사이트�t reviewed the DOD guidance, so I can바카라 게임 웹사이트�t comment,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Gabbard said referring to the Department of Defense.The Trump administration stance on the Signal chain is also a notable departure for a U.S. government that routinely classifies a vast amount of far more mundane material, including millions of documents pertaining to military and intelligence operations and activities.Advocates for open government have long complained that the push for secrecy goes too far, by protecting information that could shine a light on government activities or that would seem of little value to our adversaries, including material about UFO sightings and 60-year-old presidential assassinations.Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged that having a journalist in a Signal group chat with the most senior Trump officials was a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�big mistake." But he said he has been assured that the information shared did not threaten the operation or the lives of the service members.Press secretary Karoline Leavitt, during her White House press briefing, described the messaging thread 바카라 게임 웹사이트�as a policy discussion, surely a sensitive policy discussion, amongst high-level Cabinet officials and senior staff.바카라 게임 웹사이트� She dismissed the outrage as a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�coordinated campaign바카라 게임 웹사이트� by Democrats to 바카라 게임 웹사이트�sow chaos.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Peppered with questions about how the administration can conclude classified information wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t shared considering launch times and weapon systems were discussed in the chain, Leavitt said it was up to the public to decide whose opinion they trusted.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Do you trust the secretary of defense 바카라 게임 웹사이트� who was nominated for this role, voted by the United States Senate into this role, who has served in combat, honorably served our nation in uniform 바카라 게임 웹사이트� or do you trust Jeffrey Goldberg?바카라 게임 웹사이트� she asked.